South American Championship 1957

The South American Championship 1957 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Argentina with Brazil as a second.

Humberto Maschio from Argentina and Javier Ambrois from Uruguay became top scorers of the tournament with 9 goals.

Matches

footballbox
date = March 7, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 5–2
report =
team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = Ambrois 26'
Ambrois 29' (pk)
Ambrois 57'
Ambrois 74'
Sacía 87'
goals2 = Larraz 12'
Larraz 40' (pk)
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)----footballbox
date = March 10, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|PER
score = 2–1
report =
team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = Terry 29'
Terry 37' (pk)
goals2 = Cantos 44'
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 55000
Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = March 13, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 8–2
report =
team2 = fb|COL
goals1 = Cruz 5'
Angelillo 10'
Maschio 16' (pk)
Maschio 23'
Maschio 53' (pk)
Corbatta 59'
Angelillo 73'
Maschio 85'
goals2 = Gamboa 34' (pk)
Valencia 37'
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 42000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = March 13, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 4–2
report =
team2 = fb|CHI
goals1 = Didì 20'
Didì 26'
Didì 44'
Pepe 46'
goals2 = Ramírez Banda 13'
Fernández 89'
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 42000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = March 16, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|PER
score = 1–0
report =
team2 = fb|CHI
goals1 = Mosquera 57'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 60000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = March 17, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|COL
score = 1–0
report =
team2 = fb|URU
goals1 = Arango 28'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50000
Referee: Pedro Di Leo (Italy)----footballbox
date = March 17, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 3–0
report =
team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = Angelillo 5'
Sívori 14'
Angelillo 39'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = March 20, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 4–0
report =
team2 = fb|URU
goals1 = Maschio 7'
Angelillo 48'
Maschio 73'
Sanfilippo 83'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 40000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)----footballbox
date = March 21, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 7–1
report =
team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = Evaristo 22'
Pepe 25'
Zizinho 34' (pk)
Joel 43'
Joel 68'
Didì 78'
Evaristo 89'
goals2 = Larraz 80' (pk)
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 45000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = March 21, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|CHI
score = 3–2
report =
team2 = fb|COL
goals1 = Verdejo 35'
Espinoza 62'
Verdejo 70'
goals2 = Arango 68'
Carrillo 83'
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 45000
Referee: Edwin Hieger (Austria)----footballbox
date = March 23, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 5–3
report =
team2 = fb|PER
goals1 = Ambrois 22'
Carranza 26'
Ambrois 48'
Ambrois 60'
Ambrois 75'
goals2 = Terry 3'
Seminario 81'
Mosquera 83'
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 55000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = March 24, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|CHI
score = 2–2
report =
team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = Ramírez Banda 18'
Ramírez Banda 26' (pk)
goals2 = Larraz 25' (pk)
Cantos 59'
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 45000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)----footballbox
date = March 24, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 9–0
report =
team2 = fb|COL
goals1 = Pepe 27'
Evaristo 41'
Evaristo 44'
Evaristo 45'
Didì 50'
Didì 60'
Evaristo 75'
Zizinho 85'
Evaristo 86'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 45000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = March 27, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|PER
score = 4–1
report =
team2 = fb|COL
goals1 = Alberto Terry 34'
Rivera 35'
Rivera 37'
Bassa 83'
goals2 = Arango 57' (pk)
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 55000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = March 28, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 6–2
report =
team2 = fb|CHI
goals1 = Sívori 7'
Angelillo 21'
Maschio 53'
Angelillo 70'
Maschio 74'
Corbatta 83' (pk)
goals2 = Fernández 14'
Fernández 28'
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50000
Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = March 28, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 3–2
report =
team2 = fb|BRA
goals1 = Campero 15'
Ambrois 17'
Campero 23'
goals2 = Evaristo 68'
Didì 70'
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)----footballbox
date = March 31, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 1–0
report =
team2 = fb|PER
goals1 = Didì 73' (pk)
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 55000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = April 1, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|COL
score = 4–1
report =
team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = Gamboa
Gamboa
Alvarez (pk)
Gutiérrez
goals2 = Jorge Larraz 14' (pk)
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 40000
Referee: Harry Davis (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = April 1, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 2–0
report =
team2 = fb|CHI
goals1 = Campero 28'
Roque 40'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 40000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)::::: "Match suspended at the 43rd minute due to pitch invasion"----footballbox
date = April 3, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 3–0
report =
team2 = fb|BRA
goals1 = Angelillo 23'
Maschio 87'
Cruz 90'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 55000
Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)----footballbox
date = April 6, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|PER
score = 2–1
report =
team2 = fb|ARG
goals1 = Mosquera 15'
Terry 81'
goals2 = Sívori 50'
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 60000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

Final Standings

Result